Virginia Health Information

08/05/2026

How far do Virginians travel to give birth? 🚗

Today, VHI launched the Distance to Delivery Dashboard, a new interactive resource that examines estimated travel distance and travel time for hospital births across the Commonwealth.

💡Developed in partnership with the Human Services Research Institute, this dashboard draws from Virginia Hospital Discharge Data (Patient Level Data) to help users explore how access to childbirth services varies by geography, insurance type, delivery type, maternal demographics, selected maternal health indicators and hospital characteristics.

➡️ Explore the dashboard here: https://www.vhi.org/report/distance-to-delivery/

Explore how far Virginians travel for childbirth and examine differences in geographic access to delivery services across the Commonwealth.

07/08/2026

Today, we remember and honor Michael T. Lundberg, whose leadership shaped VHI from its very beginning.

As VHI's founding Executive Director and later CEO, Michael spent nearly three decades building an organization rooted in integrity, collaboration and service. Through his vision, leadership and unwavering commitment to improving healthcare with trusted, transparent health information, he laid the foundation for the work VHI continues to do today.

Michael was a steady hand in shaping the direction of the organization. At a time when collaboration across Virginia's healthcare community was not always easy, he opened doors, built lasting relationships and earned the trust of hospitals, policymakers, health plans and other close partners. His leadership established VHI as a respected, neutral convener, bringing people together around a shared goal of improving healthcare for Virginians.

Those who had the privilege of working alongside Michael remember not only his leadership but also his generosity, humility and genuine commitment to the people and mission of VHI. While many of us know Michael through the legacy he left behind, countless others were fortunate to know him as a colleague, mentor and friend. We are deeply grateful for the foundation he created and for the example Michael set.

Our thoughts are with Michael's family, friends and all who had the privilege of knowing him. His contributions to VHI, to healthcare in Virginia and to the countless lives touched by his work will continue to be felt for generations to come.

Michael's obituary and memorial information are available here: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/williamsburg-va/michael-lundberg-12958848

05/29/2026

💡Patient transfers rely on timely communication, especially when multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are involved. Missing or delayed information can create risks for both patients and healthcare workers and lead to costly contact investigations across care settings.

Join us virtually on Thursday, June 11 as VHI’s Marcus Divers, MPA joins partners from the Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association (VHHA), APIC, and PointClickCare for a discussion focused on strengthening communication during transitions of care.

This webinar will highlight:
🔎 VDH's new VDH MDRO Communication Guide
🚩 Optimizing MDRO Flags within Virginia’s system
🔁 Strategies to support safer patient transfers and infection prevention workflows

➡️ Register here: 96533a78-a652-470f-858d-cafb8f0ae902@f1aa1be4-f245-4dfe-8292-6cd9987d1b21" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/96533a78-a652-470f-858d-cafb8f0ae902@f1aa1be4-f245-4dfe-8292-6cd9987d1b21

05/18/2026

Join VHI CEO Kyle Russell and fellow leaders from across the community on June 10th at 1:00PM ET for an important discussion on the evolving role of APCDs and why these datasets matter far beyond cost and price transparency. 💡

In Virginia, we see firsthand how All-Payer Claims Data ( ) help organizations better understand healthcare access, utilization and outcomes. Beyond cost analysis, these datasets can support research, initiatives, quality improvement efforts and policy discussions by providing a more complete, longitudinal view of how patients interact with the healthcare system over time.

➡️ Register now to join the conversation: https://cvent.me/DdlLW2

Thank you to Civitas Networks for Health® for bringing together leaders from across the APCD community for this discussion 🚀

Join Civitas Networks for Health® (Civitas) and our members, Virginia Health Information (VHI), the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), and the National Association for Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) for a webinar that dispels t...

04/10/2026

One way VHI's Emergency Department Care Coordination ( ) program supports is through partnership with the Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) program at the Virginia Department of Health.

💡The Multidrug Resistant Organism ( ) flag was introduced to help bridge the gap in facility communication.

These flags notify facilities when a patient with a history of MDRO status is admitted, ensuring infection control precautions are implemented as early as possible to reduce risk of transmission. MDRO flags confirm cases of Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) and Candida auris and populate alerts in the EDCC portal and on EDIE reports for all particpating hospitals in Virginia.

🔎From 2025 into 2026, more than 3,700 encounters involving patients with an MDRO flag have occurred across engaged facilities statewide, while 46 hospitals have enabled targeted, real-time alerting by identifying specific individuals or teams to be notified when a flagged patient arrives at their facility.

➡️ Learn more about MDRO flags: https://lnkd.in/eryZrEam
➡️ Learn more about EDCC: https://lnkd.in/eU-8pqTA

04/07/2026

In recognition of National Public Health Week, we are taking a closer look at how VHI supports across Virginia 🔎

💡The Public Health Reporting Pathway ( ) is a key part of that work. In partnership with CRISP Shared Services, VHI supports the technical infrastructure that securely moves 99.99% of public health messages between healthcare facilities and state entities.

The PHRP equips public health teams with the information needed to track emerging trends, support faster response efforts and improve outcomes throughout the Commonwealth.

➡️Learn more about PHRP: https://www.vhi.org/hie/public-health-reporting-pathway/